Miner&#39;s shoe.



1. T. CROWLEY.

MINERS SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I. I9-

Patenmd Oct. 5, 1915.

WITNESSES T D STA s :A

rony a.;;onowLnu,uoFia;Eacou FALLS, CONNECTICUT; AssisNon-ro Beacon .1

a BUBBERHOE COMPANY. OF BEAQQN c'oNN cTIco'rj. Leann -3;;

,. i EINERS 3 Specification of Lette s-Patent} .Pet' si 0s 5 9 .3

' Application ma; Septemher 1, 19'14.- Serial armada.

Ta duwhom amagi-consent:

Jens- T. CROWLEY, a

citizen ofthe United'State's -'=o.t AmericaQresiding imBeacon-Fallsein"the county of New Haws: and stabe 5 COIIHQCUCLIQ. have inrvented.:certaln new' and useful Improvements-in Miner s Shoes; of which thefollow- Thisir'inventlon relates to rubber footwear-sand has iifor''its. object to provide an improvedmine shoe of such" construction thatvt hef-saifl will he easy to-manufacture andeconomical in -(ise: Thisshoe, although primarily designed for use in the mines-is iequ'a-ll ycapable of being used by woodsmen. hunters; and farmers. "and in factin. any

situation where the upper of the shoe is-subi tad ta;ha.ri v sa e 4 Tn"he aim; of miners shoenow largely in use, the opening is at the frontandthe shoe is of Blucher formation; and the ears .of the quartersprotrudei-in su'ch a way that they catch in the coal and the minersexperience considerable trouble with their shoes giving out at thispoint. Another difiiculty experienced is that the laces with which thesides are connectedand which pass through eyeletslocated at the edges ofthe side flaps, press upon thetongue where they cross in front and sooncut throughthe tongue owing to the movement of the foot of the In myimproved shoe the lacing is placed at the side, thus leaving the frontof the shoe clean .and unencumberedwith protruding edges which areliable to catch in obstructions. and wherein the eyelets for the lacesare provided on the outside, and in such a manner that the lacingscannot come in contact with the bellows tongue. which tongue ispreferably of a peculiar formation presentlv to be described.

L the drawings accompanying this sped-- be seenthat the tongue-is 9 islocated inwardly .ofthe openihg is disposed at the .side'of the shoe, Inmaklng the shoe the tongue-will be formed in posi ing s, partici' larreference being hadjto Fig.1 2, such tongr'ie 'be1ng-'given four' folds,1O

- and 11 at the inside and 12 andl3 outwardly of the center portion H oftheb'ellowsi. The

.folds 12 and 13 pref rabl meet along the line 'of the openingdeniai-kedbythe edges 8, 8. But 1n practicieit preferable to form the,upper withoutfanopening andw'ulcanize ;tion very much as illustrated inthe drawspread out as in Fig"'."3 for"the' purpose of putting onorremoiting' the shoe, and that the same 'narrojws down perceptibly towardthe foot of the shoe. This narrowing is of Particular advantagewhemth'ef opening the 1 upper 15 fastened; the tongue" folding compactlyand tapering down will not materially interfere with the foot; of I thewearer. Not only is it desirable to place theopemng'in the upper at-=the side-of theshoe. but it will be seen that by-forming the open mgand tongue according to my invention.

the body of the upper comes closely together and is free from extrudingparts..

A shoe of this character must necessarily have some fastening meanstohold the edges together. Such fastening means are of some suitable form,but preferably in the form of lacings. It isquite important in applyingthe fastening means that the body of the upper shall not be weakenedthereby nor openings produced which afford an entrance for water. Inaddition to this the fastening' must be so located that the tongue isshielded from contact therewith, otherwise the tongue will become wornor cut and the waterproof character of the shoe destroyed.

In the presentillustration the eyelets for. the lacings are afforded bya series of harness Y Ds. 16. which are secured in place upon the upperby means of suitable straps'or lugs 17 vulcanized in position. These D'sform suitable'eyelets for receiving the heavy lacing which is generallyused on shoes of this character. These eyelets are secured in positionwhen making up the shoe and are securely vulcanized in position. Byreference to the drawings it will be seen that the eve lets are locatedat an appreciable di a from the edges 8, 8, of the opening, and

that they are disposed upon the outside of the shoe i'nsuch a positionthat neither they nor the lacings come in contact with the tongue, .andthat they are also located in such position that the. edges 8, 8 may bedrawn andfheld together," thereby further safeguarding the tongue andenhancing the life thereof. v y

- 'It wil-lbe understood that the shoe shown in the drawings.isillustrative of the invention, and-that changes may be made within thescope of the claims without departing r the p i ofthe invention entirelyon the outside of the upper-adjiv cent the'edge's of the said opening,the parts beinglocated in such relative positions that i'he' lacings insaid eyelets are kept out of contactw ith the tonguefi '2. :A' rubbershoe having a bellows tongue located at the side and formed with fourfolds, two "of such folds abutting one an other and being disposed.medially-of the other folds the; upper being formed continu- Y tening'means located upon the ous outwardly-of such tongue and-slit along themedial line of said abutting folds.

3. A rubber shoe having a bellows tongue located at the side and formedwith .four folds. two of such folds abutting one another and beingdisposed, medially of the other folds, the upper being formed continuousoutwardly of such tongue and slit along the medial line of said-abutting'folds, and fasoutside of the upper adjacent said slit. y V

1. A rubber shoe having abellows tongue located at the side 'and formedwith four; folds, two of such folds abutting one another f and beingdisposed medially of the. other 1 folds, the upper being. formedcontinuous outwardly of such tongue and slit along the medial line ofsaid abutting folds, and-lac ing loops secured upon the outside of theupper-- adjacent said slit, and lacing carried by said loops exterior tothe 'uppe'r and in position away from the tongue.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed iny name in the presenceoftwo subscribing witnesses. I y

JOHN T CROVLEY.

\Vitnesses: I

R. L. FISHER,

J. U. FnRRIs.

